I wonder if straight people know the kind of bullying that gay people face in school

[La Lioness Priyanka]

While i am not straight, i was gender conforming in school. i went to a very exclusive private school and had not been teased or really witnessed teasing.

Most of my friends are gay and even then I am not sure i would have understood the full effects of teasing/bullying in school had it not been for Lisa. I think it really takes knowing a person very intimately (or ofcourse being that person) to understand what bullying in an American school really looks like.

From the responses of straight people, on the other thread about teasing, I am left wondering if most straight people just really dont know what happens to some gay kids in school.

The extent and intensity of physical and verbal abuse by peers that goes under the cutesy name "teasing". The long lasting deleterious effects that this abuse can have.

If any of you would like to share your stories here (assuming that its not too painful)just so that people have an idea of what this teasing entails, please do.

Thanks and love to all.